EP2264841A3 - Mode locking methods and apparatus - Google Patents

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EP2264841A3
EP2264841A3 EP10179871A EP10179871A EP2264841A3 EP 2264841 A3 EP2264841 A3 EP 2264841A3 EP 10179871 A EP10179871 A EP 10179871A EP 10179871 A EP10179871 A EP 10179871A EP 2264841 A3 EP2264841 A3 EP 2264841A3
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Kenji Taira
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Abstract

A control system (46) to stabilize operation of a Fourier Domain Mode Locking (FDML) laser by controlling FDML parameters, the control system characterized by a detector (D) configured to receive a periodically wavelength-swept light field from a laser output from the FDML laser and to determine a measured parameter, a feedback system in communication with the detector, the feedback system configured to generate an error signal, based on the measured parameter, to adjust control parameters of operation of the FDML laser as a function of the error signal
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